Talented Blair wins Pompey prize

Staff reporter

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THE Christmas wish of a young boy with a serious disability has come true as he will get to see his favourite team Pompey play.

Superfan Blair Martin won the top prize in a Christmas card competition and will see his favourite team play Tranmere on January 3 at Fratton Park.

The 10-year-old has cerebral palsy and goes to the Rainbow Centre in Palmerston Drive, Fareham, one day a week.

Along with other children at the centre, Blair entered a competition to design a Christmas card for L&S Waste Management, which is based at Laveys Lane, Fareham.

Blair, from Copnor, said he was happy to win and he was really looking forward to the game.

He said: ‘I’m excited about seeing all the players.’

When Blair was born, his mum Seymone McGregor was told that he would never be able to walk, but with the help of the workers at the Rainbow Centre he is able to walk on his own.

Along with seeing the match, Blair will meet the players and have a look round the ground.

As well as sending Blair to the match, L&S donated £3,000 to the centre, which supports children and adults with cerebral palsy and other motor skills problems as well as adults who have suffered a stroke, have Parkinson’s disease, or have suffered head injuries.